Cats Action Team

03/23/2025

We are receiving multiple offers for placement of friendly adults already altered ( with preference for core vaccines completed). This is a great time to get friendly adults into new homes before kittens flood the rescues. If you have a truly friendly, healthy and altered kitty looking for placement reach out to be connected with an accepting AZ rescue.

02/22/2025

01/15/2025

🌉 Be the Bridge to a Better Life for Cats in Need 🌉

Did you know you can make a life-changing impact on a cat or kitten in as little as a few days? By becoming a bridge foster, you’re providing a crucial stepping stone between the streets and a safe, loving home.

What is a Bridge Foster?
A bridge foster is a temporary caregiver who takes in cats or kittens directly from the streets and provides them with short-term care while rescuers find them a more permanent foster home or shelter placement.

During this time, you’re not just keeping them safe—you’re transforming their future:

Socialization: Help shy kittens become friendly and adoptable by holding, playing, and interacting with them.

Evaluation: Determine if the cat is happiest returning to its colony (if altered) or if it’s ready for indoor life with a family.

Critical Care: Provide a safe space where they can decompress, heal, and prepare for the next step in their journey.

Why Bridge Fosters Are Essential
Without temporary fosters, thousands of cats every year would remain on the streets, never getting their chance at a better life. Bridge fosters save lives by filling the gap between rescue and placement.

The Commitment
🐾 Time: A bridge foster period typically lasts 1-14 days, with an average of 5 days.
🐾 Space: A cozy room, kitten pop up playpen or bathroom where the cat can feel secure.
🐾 Love: A little patience and affection can change everything.

The Rewards
✨ Witness the transformation of a scared or shy kitten into one that purrs at your touch.
✨ Know that your care is the reason they have a second chance.
✨ Be part of a community of animal lovers working to make a difference.

Ready to Be the Bridge?
📌 Reach out to your local rescuers or TNR active friends to get started.
📌 Share this post to spread the word about the power of temporary fosters.

Or reach out here if you'd like to be connected with our favorite valley rescue networkers critically needing to set up more bridge fosters as we approach kitten season.

Every cat deserves a chance at love and safety—and you can be the one to give it to them. ❤️

01/10/2025

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🐱 Double Feature Webinar: Kitten Season Prep!
January 27, 2025 - 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM EST

We've combined two popular topics into one exciting webinar - Caring for Pregnant Queens & Bottle Baby Basics! Master essential care for pregnant cats & bottle baby kittens in one comprehensive session. Whether you're helping mama cats or orphaned kittens in your community, get the crucial skills you need. Register now! https://zurl.co/s4fW2

12/04/2024

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12/01/2024

Today's kitty hero shout-out goes to Susan! She generously donated 10 bags of pine pellet litter for the sanctuary cats! A personal thank you from Tuna, he is blind but can see that his world is full of love. His bowl is full, his bed is warm, and people like Susan and other special Kitty sponsors make it possible for him to be cared for indoors. He feels the love and so do we. Thank you Susan.

11/30/2024

Our sanctuary homes desperately need kitty litter! The absolute best deal for litter is the horse pine pellets at tractor supply where 40 lb is still under $10. If anyone can help us meet our goal of 10 bags for pickup that would be incredible and we will post kitty grams personally to thank you for your donation by the kitties this litter will help.
Sanctuary kitties are a combination of under socialized kittens that are with experienced socializers working on getting them rescue-ready and kitties that are medically compromised in ways that prevent their safe return outdoors such as blindness or advanced age.

Buy Tractor Supply Pelletized Bedding for Horses and Small Animals, 40 lb. at Tractor Supply Co. Great Customer Service.

11/24/2024

Waterproof design, withstands the test of time, keeps them warm, and every kitty can figure it out. It's also something they can hide in if a coyote was trying to get them. And there are mechanics that will pay you to take the used tires because the proper disposal of them can be costly. Recycle. Give kitties a sturdy shelter.

11/23/2024

Meet Balsam,
He was out of options when as a little black short hair kitten he got the worst news possible, leukemia. He has felv and struggles to keep on weight. One of our trapping and rescue superheroes made a choice to save his life and give him lifetime sanctuary as a member of her family! But this is the only food he does well on and its getting harder to stock as he grows and his nutrition requirements grow with him. This kitty found this lucky opportunity during a time that even the most beautiful and healthy of kittens were struggling to get into a rescue or shelter, this little leukemia black kitten didn't have a chance. We will be eternally grateful for them to give him this opportunity to have a life and a good one at that with felv+ friends, and ask if anyone is able to please help us feed him together.

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10/09/2024

Meet "Smokey", a shy but sweet community cat that has an issue with her lower mandible. The owners of the warehouse that she found refuge and compassion within have worked with her over these past few months to become friendly and to become well nourished. But her jaw, though improved from when the injury first appeared, it isn't fully healed, and x rays and exam are needed to determine the best next steps on her recovery. We will share her journey, but for today, we wanted to introduce this resilient and lovely kitty.

09/14/2024

WOO HOO! I have completed my great-big panleukopenia tutorial video, and it's 30 jam-packed minutes of instructional lifesaving goodness. I'm going to air it in a few minutes with a live q&a in the chat--if you want to join, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxSJqk7Opdo

08/31/2024

Chronic prolonged sinus infections in cats that don't respond to antibiotics.
Consider your fungus family, (can affect lungs and other systems)

Aspergillosis fungus is known to grow on dead leaves and outside debris and decomposing vegetation where outside cats tend to be.

* Indoor cats can have this too, but aren't coming across it as frequently as outside cats and kittens.

This is not super common, but fungus infections don't hit people's mental radar often enough.

Official diagnosis is pricey

Antifungal medication is a preferred remedy.